(A/N And I'm back in the land of maple syrup… again. My trip to the states was fun, did lots of present shopping. Really wish I had brought my computer though. For three whole days, Violet Tales details were floating in my head and scenes were playing in my mind and I couldn't write them down. It was the WORST.
But, I'm back now AND I have a new laptop. I may or may not have broken the charger pin in my old one…)
Chapter 28 .:. They Made What when We Weren't Looking?
I was sitting in the garden outside the house, my Pokémon playing along with the Day Care's current residents. Espeon was nuzzling up with Javelin's newly evolved Houndoom, Sandslash was digging trenches which a pair of baby Phanpy were rolling in and out of, Arcanine was playing with a couple of Growlithe and Seadra was swimming in a pond along with the other water types. Larvitar, Giovanni's addition to my party, was stumbling around trying to find his place. I was afraid I was to blame for that. I found that I couldn't grow attached to the little guy, since Giovanni had explicitly stated it was intended for Silver. He was not a Pokémon I would have chosen for my party, and I didn't know how to handle that. This in turn, lead to me not letting the poor Pokémon out of his Pokeball to socialize. I hoped that the Day Care residents would help me solve that.
I was sitting with a Ponyta, gently brushing out its fur. I found that I loved going out to the garden and helping out with the Pokémon. It was so peaceful and it reminded me of how much I had preferred Pokémons' company to peoples'.
Javelin and Sparrow were having a practice battle outside the fenced in garden, Hypno versus Ariados, and I watched as Javelin's Hypno pummelled Sparrow's Ariados despite the type advantage the bug Pokémon should have had. Javelin and his brother then got into a physical fight, rolling on the ground like a pair of ten year olds in a spat.
It was weird, living in one place. Javelin and Sparrow's uncle took care of me just as well as he would have for his nephews, if not better, since I was a delicate little girl. I didn't mind at all really, glad to have some kind of parental figure in my life again. The saddest thing was Amos and Giovanni were the closest two I'd had since I'd left home. One was abusive and the other probably didn't even realize that I had grown to admire him.
I put the brush down and gently smoothed out some of the more uneven bits in the Ponyta's fur before letting it go play with Arcanine and the Growlithes. It was then that I noticed Espeon and Houndoom curled around something. Curiosity gripped me and I walked over to them. "What's up?" I asked my Pokémon and realized she had an egg pressed against her stomach.
"Uh, Javelin?" I called. He pulled away from his rough and tumble with his brother and looked up at me. "Tell your uncle I found an egg."
"Why can't you?" he asked. He walked over to the fence and leaned on it as he glanced down at where I was sitting between our two Pokémon.
"Well firstly, I'm the one doing something slightly productive. And secondly you partly own the egg." I watched his expression turn completely dumbfounded and couldn't help but laugh at his surprise.
"You didn't tell me your Espeon was pregnant!" he protested.
"I never noticed!" I exclaimed in my fit of giggles.
"Well… what do we do with it?"
"Mew, it's not like it's our offspring that's just been conceived, just grab your uncle." I exclaimed in frustration as I waved him away.
"I think that might just be one of the most awkward statements I've ever heard you utter." Javelin insisted as he walked into the house.
I chuckled before turning back to the egg. Of course, living in a Day Care center a few of the Pokémon took their freedom from their owners to heart and managed to produce an egg or two. I was just surprised to see that my Pokémon had decided to pop one out. I reached a tentative hand out to touch it, both of the Pokémon eyeing me protectively. Geez, were they taking the parenting bit to heart.
"Ah! I was waiting for that egg." Javelin and his uncle were walking outside toward us. The older man bent down next to me and gently scooped the egg into his arms. "I knew your Espeon would be laying one soon."
As my Espeon pressed herself up against Javelin's Houndoom, staring up at the man cradling her egg, I couldn't help but wonder how I had missed the signs. True, I had let my Pokémon run around on their own in the Day Care, since I figured it was better for them than being cooped up in their Pokeballs, but I still checked on them constantly. I should have realized that with the amount of time Espeon had been spending with Houndoom and the amount of weight she'd been gaining that she was clearly pregnant.
"So, I'll go stick this in an incubator." Javelin's uncle stated as he went inside, "You two are going to have to decide who keeps the egg."
I eyed Javelin warily, wondering who would be first to try and claim the Pokémon. When Javelin didn't say anything, I decided to try, "I think that since my Pokémon laid the egg, I should get to keep it."
"Um, she wouldn't have laid an egg if it weren't for my Houndoom. I say that if the egg hatches as a Houndour, you can keep it, since you don't have one. If it hatches as an Eevee, I get it."
"Uh, no! I have an Espeon. There are four other recorded Pokémon that Eevees evolve into, one of which I may want."
"But that's not fair! You've already gotten a chance to evolve an Eevee! I haven't!"
"How about if it's male, it's yours if it's female, it's mine." I suggested. "No real argument there."
"But if it's a Houndour I'm not going to want it. That just means that the chances of you getting to keep it are higher." Javelin huffed.
"But if it hatches as a Houndour then, it's a Houndour now. I think that's completely fair."
Sparrow was leaning over the top of the gate, watching us bicker and just asked, "Why don't you just give it to me? Problem solved."
"No way." Javelin and I both turned to yell at him. I turned towards my Espeon, frustrated. I really wanted that egg. It would fill the opening I had in my team quite nicely. I was looking at her for some sign of what the egg would hatch to be, but she just ducked her head before nuzzling up to Javelin's Houndoom.
"You think your uncle knows what it'll be?" I asked Javelin as we both made our way inside.
"Oh, he definitely does. At least what kind of Pokémon. He always manages to guess them before they hatch. He can't figure out genders though."
"So why don't we ask him what it'll be?"
"He likes letting us guess." Javelin gave me a weird look, as though he didn't get his uncle.
"Well, is there some sort of trick to it? I mean, the eggs all look the same." I suggested, trying to see if we could figure it out.
"If there is, then I don't know it." Javelin shrugged. "We'll just have to wait for it to hatch."
"Well, how long does that take?"
"Varies."
I gave Javelin a discouraged frown. "Helpful." I didn't want to wait for it to hatch. If only there was a way to make it hatch faster so we could figure out what it was already. I wanted whatever Pokémon was in there. I followed Javelin inside and the pair of us both sat and stared at the egg from where it was sitting in the incubator, wondering what it would become.
(A/N any guesses as to who keeps the egg? lol)
